September Butterflies

Anyone have any later dates..?? thanks

Small White..29th

Large White...29th

Common Blue......9th

Small Copper ....9th 

Peacock...18th

Red Admiral.....29th

Small Tortoiseshell....29th

Speckled Wood ..29th

Wall Brown ....12th ...

Test Post for Aire Valley Moths and Butterflies

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Lee Mount - 30th September

 Several Light-brown Apple - Moths and a White-shouldered House-moth with just one macro this morning. 

Blair's Shoulder-knot

Castle Carr Road and Saltonstall - 29th September

8 Small Tortoiseshell and 2 Small Whites around the area (thought we might find some Small Coppers in the area we saw some last year about this time but no show).

Also 2 Small Whites and a Red Admiral and a Speckled Wood at home.

Rishworth - 29th September - Overnight Moths.

I've done an experiment with blogger here so bear with me on that. I'll do the moths first. The reason I'm hammering the last few days for trapping is I want my September numbers up.

Moth Trap 29th September:

Copper Underwing Agg. X2

Lesser Yellow Underwing X2

Rosy Rustic x1 (a different individual to last night)

Large Yellow Underwing x1

The Blogger Bit.

My experiment with blogger is: I have written this at 6:30am and if I post this now, it will come up in the previous day's section on the homepage of the website because this blog's clock seems to be on Pacific Day time. So to make it look on the web that it was posted the day it was actually posted I'm going to schedule this and have it automatically posted by Blogger at 10 o'clock. After reading this, if the bit where it says the time is says 02:00 it worked.

Hollas bridge 29th Sept

Red Admiral x 8

Small White x 2 

Small Tortoiseshell x 2

Large White x 1

Last night at Northowram....1 each of LBAM , Lunar Undrwn , Spruce and Red Green Carpets and Black Rustic
 

Rishworth - 28th September - Overnight Moths - And they return...

Not bad last night, the Yellow Line Quakers have now returned.

Moth Trap 28th September:

Yellow Line Quaker x2 [NFY]

November Moth Agg. x2 [NFY]

Red Green Carpet x1

Common Marbled Carpet x1

Rosy Rustic x1 

Large Yellow Underwing x2

Lesser Yellow Underwing x1

Copper Underwing Agg. x1

Yellow Line Quaker, Rishworth, 29th September

Recent sightings

 Monday 28th 

Ogden (afternoon heading up Ogden Clough and back over moors)

Large White

Red Admiral 

Tuesday 29th 

Ogden (in the sunshine by the Giant's Tooth)

Silver Y x1

Small Tortoiseshell x2

Speckld Wood x4

Red Admiral x1

Copley Garden

Large White x4

Lee Mount 29th September

Overnight - cool clear conditions after light drizzle last night.
Garden Carpet x 1
Copper Underwing agg x1
Light-brown Apple-moth x3
Lesser Yellow Underwing x 1
Ypsolopha sequella x 2
Common Marbled Carpet x 1 (orange blaze)

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Soil Hill

 Warm sunshine, even on Soil Hill this afternoon. It's not often so warm up there !!

6 Small Tortoiseshell's on Ned Hill Road and another 4 on the north facing slope. 

Also 1 Small / Green-veined White - only saw it in flight

2 Silver Y's

Small Tortoiseshell's

This evening at home

Garden Rose Tortrix - (I suspect)

Wainstalls

This afternoon - in the warm sunshine I found 5 Small Tortoiseshells in different places and all disturbed on sun facing walls. All looked really smart individuals so probably freshly emerged (?). One unidentified white flying over a bank of gorse was a probably a Small White.

This afternoon a Speckled Wood landed on the furniture in the conservatory though it departed unscathed. 

Rishworth - Overnight Moths - 26th September - At long last!!!!

 Finally a Lunar Underwing appeared here in Rishworth last night a long with three other moths, being two NFYs and a Large Yellow Underwing.

Moth Trap 26th September:

Lunar Underwing x1 [NFG]

Chestnut x1 [NFY]

Red Green Carpet x1 [NFY]

Large Yellow Underwing x1 

Lunar Underwing, Rishworth, 26th September

Red Green Carpet, Rishworth, 26th September

Chestnut, Rishworth, 26th September

Stainland.

One Rosy Rustic last night. It's markings are different to the one I posted on the 18th of Sept. As has happened in the past, a species I've not seen before, then I find two in the same month. Perhaps they are around in bigger numbers this year. Does anyone know? 

Rosy Rustic.

Lee mount - 26th September

 I did leave the trap on last night not expecting anything - 2 moths turned up !

Copper Underwing agg x 1

Merveille du Jour x 1 (always a bit special) - only two previous records here, both in 2018 - 28th Sep and 9th Oct.

Merveille du Jour

Stainland.

 I've just read  a very interesting article about how the lockdown has changed birdsong for the better. The item is about birds in America but I see no reason to doubt that it must apply to birds world wide. It's worth a read.

https://earther.gizmodo.com/the-quiet-of-covid-19-has-birds-singing-sultrier-songs-1845181752

Northowram last night

 Silver y x 1

Black Rustic x 2

Lunar Underwing x 1 

Spruce Carpet x 2 

Large Y underwing x 3

Lesser Y Underwing x 1 

Nov agg x 1 

Light brown Apple Moth x 2 

Tachytola acroxantha x 2

Lee Mount - 23rd September

 Rain overnight -just a few moths....

Snout x 1 (only the third record this year)

Silver Y x 1

Garden Carpet x 2

Copper Underwing agg x 5

Light-brown Apple-moth x 3

Common Marbled Carpet x 2

Large Yellow Underwing x 1

Lesser Yellow Underwing x 1

Snout (+shadow from the flash)!

 Luddenden 210920

Black Rustic 1

Lunar Underwing  5  (7 on Saturday night)

Brown-spot Pinion  2

LYU  1

Autumnal Rustic  1

Silver Y  1  nigricans

Black Rustic

Silver Y nigricans

Lunar Underwing    

Stainland. 22 Sept. 2020

 It's the Atumn Exquinox today (14:31, should you be interested). There were two moths celebrating it;

1 x Light Brown Apple.

1 Garden Rose Tortrix. 

I wasn't surprised to see it, just surprised I've not seen more of them this year. It's only 3 feet from our climbing rose. This year, the rose has excelled itself, it's about 12 feet high and flowering fit to bust. We've never seen it so tall before.

 

Garden Rose Tortrix.

 

Rishworth - Overnight Moths - 21st September - MY BEST AUTUMN NIGHT YET!

 A fantastic night here in Rishworth with Autumn species has left me over the moon, I assume you can see why if you read on...

A fantastic night though. The numbers may seem pathetic but fantastic species.

The new blogger strikes again, my list seems to have gone to the bottom of the page.

Heath Rustic, Rishworth, 21st September

Feathered Ranunculus, Rishworth, 21st Sepetember

Merveille du Jour, Rishworth, 21st September

Feathered Ranunculus, Rishworth, 21st September

Moth Trap 21st September:

Merveille du Jour x1 [NFY]

Heath Rustic x1 [NFG]

Feathered Ranunculus x1 [NFG]

Copper Underwing Agg. x5

Large Yellow Underwing x1

Just some notes on why I am so pleased with these. Merveille du Jour is common elsewhere but rather scarce here in Calderdale and it is beautiful, in addition, it is my second year on the trot I have had this moth. Feathered Ranunculus is also beautiful but has very few inland populations in the UK, Calderdale being one. Heath Rustic because likewise with Neglected Rustic not many people see this moth but I fortunately do. And finally, I don't think many people have managed these three species in their Garden Trap on one night.